Printer and recording material for the same

Inactive Publication Date: 2005-08-23
FUJIFILM HLDG CORP +1
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[0006]In view of the foregoing problems, an object of the present invention is to provide a printer and recording material for the same, in which a photographed image such as a portrait image can be printed without such problems as degradation in the printed image or breakage of the printer.
[0012]In a preferred embodiment, the recording material includes a printing surface and a back surface, the printing surface has an effective printing region and a peripheral region defined thereabout, and the predetermined discernment information is disposed in the peripheral region. Furthermore, a cutter cuts away the peripheral region at least partially from the recording material after the printing operation, to eliminate the predetermined discernment information.

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In the printer, problems are likely to arise if a recording material to be used does not satisfy predetermined conditions.
Or desired quality of the image cannot be obtained.
Also, problems in the degradation in the quality arise with other various types of recording material, such as heat-development transfer type or sublimation thermal transfer type.
But there is no known technique which allows selection of recording material with distribution channel which does not influence the quality of the recording material.

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[0040]In FIG. 1, a continuous recording sheet 10 as a recording material is wound about a reel 11. A predetermined discernment code 13 is printed on a back surface of the continuous recording sheet 10, and associated with each of printing regions 12 arranged in one train. The discernment code 13 is recorded also for the purpose of positioning of the printing regions 12. According to a feeding amount of the continuous recording sheet 10 and a time point of detecting the discernment code 13, a starting position of the printing regions 12 is detected exactly.

[0041]In FIG. 2, the discernment code 13 is an 8-bit code including eight quadrilateral regions F1–F8, either dark color or blank, to represent eight bits b0, b1, . . . , b7. The bit b0 at the first region F1 constitutes a recording material type code. The recording material type code is either one of a simple thermosensitive sheet or a sticker sheet with thermosensitive layers. If the region F1 is blank or white, then the bit b0 i...

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A thermal printer is used with a thermosensitive recording sheet, and records an image on the recording sheet. A predetermined discernment code is provided for the recording sheet. A code reader inputs the predetermined discernment code. A system control block stores reference code, and checks the predetermined discernment code with reference to the reference code to judge whether the recording sheet is acceptable or unacceptable. If the recording sheet is unacceptable, printing operation is inhibited and / or an alarm signal is generated.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0001]1. Field of the Invention[0002]The present invention relates to a printer and recording material for the same. More particularly, the present invention relates to a printer and recording material for the same, in which a photographed image such as a portrait image can be printed without lowering image quality.[0003]2. Description Related to the Prior Art[0004]There is a printer known with a trade name of “Print Club”, which is an automatic portrait producing machine including a pick-up camera for picking up an object to obtain data of an object image or a portrait image. A frame memory stores the data of the object image. A printing head, such as a thermal head, prints the object image to recording material to produce a print sheet. Also a decorative pattern image or other additional images are stored in the printer, and combined with the object image to be printed.[0005]In the printer, problems are likely to arise if a recording material to be used ...

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IPC IPC(8): G06F15/00B41J2/32B41J11/00B41J29/38B41J29/393H04N1/00H04N1/23
CPCB41J2/32B41J11/009B41J29/38B41J29/393H04N1/00326H04N1/00968H04N1/2307H04N1/2323H04N1/2376H04N1/2392H04N2201/0408
InventorSUGIYAMA, NAOSHIASANO, MOTOSHIGEFUJIMAKI, TOSHIAKIMIYAJI, KAZUOIMAI, RYO
OwnerFUJIFILM HLDG CORP